Mount Olivet Cemetery is a

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cemetery located in

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. The cemetery is operated by the

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. The cemetery is located at 2755 West 111th Street.

History

Mount Olivet was consecrated in 1885, and was the first Catholic cemetery to be established in the south side of Chicago. There are over 142,200 people buried at the cemetery, with over 150 annual interments. The cemetery is in size. It became one of the first major area cemeteries to become full, until the purchase and development of additional lands along what had been the eastern border of the cemetery. Mount Olivet was the original burial location of

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, who was laid to rest between the graves of his father and brother. A few years after his death, the remains of all three men were moved to Mount Carmel Cemetery in

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upon the death of Capone's mother.

Notable burials

* James M. Bell, Sgt. during

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, gangster (remains later moved to

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) * Thomas A. Doyle, U.S. Congressman * Charles Martin, U.S. Congressman * Lawrence E. McGann, U.S. Congressman * M. Alfred Michaelson, U.S. Congressman * P. H. Moynihan, U.S. Congressman *

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, owner of cow who allegedly started the

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* Daniel Ryan Sr., politician who served as

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* One British Commonwealth war grave of a Canadian soldier of

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Zachary Taylor Davis Zachary Taylor Davis (May 26, 1869 – December 16, 1946) was the architect of several major Chicago buildings, including St. Ambrose (1904) Comiskey Park (1910), Wrigley Field (1914), Mount Carmel High School (1924), and St. James Chapel of Ar ...

, architect of Comiskey Park and Wrigley Field

References

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Catholic Cemeteries of Chicago
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Mount Olivet Cemetery
* {{Chicago 1855 establishments in Illinois Cemeteries in Chicago Roman Catholic cemeteries in Illinois

History

Notable burials

See also

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